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ATP has confirmed plans to launch a multi-employer trust based pension scheme to rival Nest ahead of automatic enrolment. Earlier this year Money Marketing revealed the Danish public pension provider was planning to launch a UK scheme targeting low and middle income earners. The scheme, called NOW Pensions, will be accepting members from early 2012. […]

Skandia Investment Group head of UK sales Andrew Blair has resigned to join boutique Mirabaud Investment Management as joint sales and marketing director, Money Marketing can reveal. The firm is in the process of finding a replacement for Blair, who is leaving in the autumn. SIG chief sales and marketing officer Rob Williams says: “SIG’s distinctive […]

Ringfencing the retail operations of the UK’s biggest banks could make mortgages more expensive but brokers feel firewalls should be in place. On September 12, the Independent Commission on Banking, led by Sir John Vickers, is expected to recommend that banks should ringfence their retail arms. The proposal has the support of the Govern-ment, with […]

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HM Revenue & Customs has published guidance on how new income tax bands in Scotland will affect pension schemes and their members. The note is a response to the Scottish Government’s confirmation it will introduce five income tax bands for 2018/19. Pension savers in Scotland currently receive pension tax relief at their marginal rate but […]

SimplyBiz Group is considering an initial public offering of £150m on the London Stock Exchange. According to a Reuters report, the potential float could value the company between £140m and £155m and is expected to raise £30m of new money. SimplyBiz joint group chief executive Matt Timmins confirms the business has recently appointed Zeus Capital as […]

Brewin Dolphin has been ranked the preferred DFM in a Money Marketing survey of advisers and paraplanners, well ahead of the next most favoured, Quilter Cheviot. Thirty-three per cent of respondents listed the business as their preferred DFM, followed by 10.2 per cent responding in favour of Quilter Cheviot. LGT Vestra, Brooks Macdonald and Parmenion […]